The Koreas

• It is official, the Gypsy Scholar is the foremost expert in all of Korea in the science of Fan Death after being published in Esquire Magazine.
• Does anyone have any good slogan ideas for Gangwon Province?
• Here is one of Brian’s favorite Korean commercials.
• Son Jung-min continues to be the hottest radio DJ in Korea.
• Like many things with the KTO, this widget is a good idea gone bad.
• Is this an only in Korea thing, volunteers giving sexual services to the handicapped?
• Once again no Korean movies have been nominated for an Oscar.
• Wow, a lot of crap gets left on the subway.
• You ever wanted to know what juicy girls do for Koreans, check this out.
• The Metropolitician is releasing a new book pretty soon and it looks pretty good.
• Seoul Searcher on what is wrong with Korean dramas.
• War breaks out among Korean Pop fans.
• The next anti-US candlelight protest, mad bed bugs!
• Somebody is actually plagiarizing a Korean K-Pop band?
• What does Billy Graham have to do with North Korea?  Find out here.

Japan

• Japundit is running a promotion campaign complete with prizes for new and existing members to the site.  Go check it out.
• This Japanese woman claims to smoke 40 cigarettes a day!
• I had this happen to me before on the Seoul subway and the girl was cute.
• US and Japan ties are claimed to remain close during the Obama administration.
• These Akihabara “Bandage Girls” are just strange.
• I had no idea that a Geisha had a blog.
• Does this whale bacon look appetizing to anyone?
• What do you get when you mix Japanese, Chinese, & Russian?  Well, this J-Babe of the Week.

China

• China bests US in technology infrastructure.
• China seems to believe in spending your way out of a recession as well.
• Interesting article on Taiwan’s Betel Nut Beauties.
• President Obama’s inauguration speech was uncensored in China in English but censored in Chinese.
• Counterfeit mobile technology all in one device!